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'Objects In Space'


Boxed Set, Vol. 1: Smallville, Due South, Farscape  

A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much anything else that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.


beth b - Oct 06, 2003 6:00:47 pm PDT #963 of 10000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

Steph is ahead of me - buy 3 or 4 episodes...

so

puts finger in ears and sings lalalalala I can't hear you


askye - Oct 06, 2003 6:06:13 pm PDT #964 of 10000
Thrive to spite them

I wasn't a very good Farscape viewer, even a casual one, I never liked Zhaan. She tended to annoy me.

It's probably a good thing that I only watch it casually.

On the other hand I miss Jonas, he rocked. I hope he comes back through the Stargate.


§ ita § - Oct 06, 2003 6:07:06 pm PDT #965 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I only liked Zhaan when she was naked or angry.

Jonas -- I never hated him, but that was the season I'd seen the least of. Now I miss him.


Sean K - Oct 06, 2003 6:10:47 pm PDT #966 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Heh. I'm watching Stargate right now, too. I remember watching this for its premiere on Showtime.

It's so strange... I've watched Stargate from the beginning, and I like the show well enough, but I've just never considered myself a fan of it, like I'm a fan of Buffy, or Angel, or LOTR. I guess that, even though I enjoy watching, it just doesn't inspire the same loyalty from me.


§ ita § - Oct 06, 2003 6:18:17 pm PDT #967 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I think mass consumption has made me a fan. Six episodes a week, and watching them weave strange continuity webs (plus their stress on the strangest sorts of humour) got to me.

I mean, they run their cast to the edge of death all the time, and no matter if it's season one or six, I get teary -- I got prickles just now, when Col Jackson saved the day, two seasons ago.

But Buffyverse loyalty? Nope. Not even what I'd consider my XFiles or Nikita levels of loyalty. It's so much fun -- I don't want fandom to mess with that.


Sean K - Oct 06, 2003 6:24:39 pm PDT #968 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Six episodes a week, and watching them weave strange continuity webs (plus their stress on the strangest sorts of humour) got to me.

See, these things are making me more of fan, too. I've only watched on and off, since the inception - I would move somewhere that didn't have Showtime, then it went to cable, and I got it again, then I moved somewhere without cable, then I could watch, but Daniel was gone, then he came back...

So being able to catch stuff I've missed before, and watching the ways in which they've played with continuity, and how they've avoided a lot of the pitfalls I thought the Trek franchise kept falling prey to, has improved the show's standing with me.

(edited for clarity)


beth b - Oct 06, 2003 10:56:03 pm PDT #969 of 10000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

I had forgotten why I have these big breaks between Farscape tape makeing . I just watched 2 episodes. I want more. now. but it is almost 1am and I have things I want to do tomorrow.


Frankenbuddha - Oct 07, 2003 4:12:39 am PDT #970 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Nope, Aeryn getting to live nonwithstanding, Zhaan's death really had no silver lining at all.

Does John Quixote count as a silver lining?


brenda m - Oct 07, 2003 4:38:31 am PDT #971 of 10000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Umhmm. I love the humor, I think that's what really got me, and I love sitting down to watch the show, but at the same time, it's not something I'll go rushing home for either - and I never, never remember the Friday night eps. I'm not nearly as invested as I was in Buffy or Firefly or Angel.


beth b - Oct 07, 2003 6:20:17 am PDT #972 of 10000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

I have them Tivoed -- so I have the nex episode sitting there waiting for me....